Caring for Historic Graveyard and Cemetery Monuments is intended for anyone interested in or responsible for the conservation of monuments, memorials and sculptural elements within a churchyard, burial ground or cemetery.

It provides guidance on best practice for assessing, planning and carrying out conservation work to monuments, as well as information on legal frameworks and statutory duties.

The proforma condition report can be used to record monuments and plan repairs. This is included in the above publication.

2nd edition. An introduction to the historic and wildlife conservation management issues for cemeteries. It covers designations, plans, care of memorials, and includes an extensive reading list and useful contacts.

Published in partnership with Natural England, Paradise Preserved looks at the issues of historic and wildlife conservation management for cemeteries.

The guidance covers designations, conservation management plans and the care of memorials.

A special issue of Conservation Bulletin on the ‘Heritage of Death’ includes articles on excavations in churchyards, the scientific study of human skeletal remains and the recording of public monuments.

Human remains and artefacts

Historic England has supported the Advisory Panel on the Archaeology of Burials in England (APABE) enabling them to publish updated guidelines on how to treat human remains excavated from Christian burial grounds.